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FEDERAL EMPLOYEE CRUELLY FLOGGED BY COWARDLY KLUX LIFTING LIFT TOO $2.00 a Year 5c a Copy HARVARD BAN FINAL SAYS PRESIDENT OF FAMOUS UNIVERSITY Race Aroused Throughout the Country Over the Insulting Restractions Against Negroes Inaugurated at Harvard. NEVER BEFORE OVERSEERS Hope of Revocation Seen in Resentment of Many of White Alumni and Decision Not Having Been Reviewed by Board. Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 19 (Crusader Service)—That his decision to bar Negro freshmen from the dormitory where other freshmen are forced to live by college regulations is final is the latest statement of President A. Lawrence Lowell. The Negro people have been aroused by this action of President Lowell, as over no like action of other universities and colleges, because they have always looked upon Harvard as a stronghold of liberal sentiment towards them. President Lowell's action is interpreted by many as indicating the extent to which the Ku Klux poison is penetrating into what were formerly the most progressive and liberal parts of the country. Harvard men in New York and throughout the country who hold sacred the Harvard traditions of tolerance and fair play have voiced their resentment over the Lowell decision and have conferred with the President in an attempt to influence him to reverse his decision. His latest statement quoted above is his answer to their efforts. The situation has been aggravated by the fact that the youth barred is the son of Roscoe Conkling Bruce, himself a Negro graduate of Harvard and in a position to put up a fight. Foremost among recent developments was the discovery that the matter has never been put before or acted on by the Board of Overseers of the university. The Board of Overseers is one of the two governing boards of the institution. The other is the "Corporation" consisting of the President and fellows. Whether the matter has been laid before or acted on by the Corporation could not be learned. The question of which board has the higher authority is one, it is said, that has never been settled in 300 years, but joint action of both boards is required on all important matters. The question of barring the freshmen dormitories to Negroes, which has been brought to a head by the case of young Bruce, probably will be taken up by the Board of Overseers, but no member could be reached who would discuss it or give any opinion as to the probable attitude of the Board. The strength of the graduate protest against what is declared to be a departure from the university's historic tradition of tolerance is indicated by the fact that the memorial drawn up by seven prominent graduates last June when other cases of Negro exclusion from the dormitories were reported, had the signatures of 133 graduates of classes ranging from 1850 to 1920 when it was presented to President Lowell. "Jim Crow the College" Declaring the action would "Jim Crow the College," the Rev. Dr. William Channing Gannett of Rochester recently gave out a statement of his views on President Lowell's action. He said: "I think the proposed exclusion policy at Harvard would violate all her traditions and certainly her best ideals In its measure it would 'Jim Crow' the college. It would show her siding with those disposed to increase rather than lessen the birth burdens of the colored people in our land, and this at a critical time when inter-racial and international questions are pressing to the fore, demanding noble adjustment. Ideals of justice and democracy are certainly part of a Harvard education. "Nor do I believe the best element (1) in the South would be won by a surrender of our Northern conception of such ideals to their social preferences. As proposed, it might be but a slight exclusion, the educational opportunity, as I understand it, not being withheld, but it would be a great racial insult, undeserved, and it is too late in history to do such a thing—above all, for Harvard, with her record, to do it. In less than a generation we should all be ashamed or it." Wendell Phillips said: "I love inexpressibly these streets of Boston over whose pavements my mother hold up tenderly my baby feet, and if God grants me time enough, I will make them too pure to bear the footprints of a slave." THE MONITOR PEOPLE OF JAMAICA RESENT ANNEXATION TALK Kingston, Jan. 19—The request of American prohibitionists to the British Foreign Office for the exchange of the British West Indies for the war debt and the publication in American newspapers of articles advocating the acquisition by America of these islands for military purposes have aroused great indignation here. Jamaicans are not inclined to exchange their present湿 regime for a dry one, plus white American prejudice. BRITISH AIRPLANES BOMB MOSUL VILLAGES Constantinople, Jan. 19—Reports from the Mosul district say that British airplanes are actively bombing villages in the neighborhood of Mosul, especially Rewanduz, Rayna, Mourbite and Nameve. Four of the planes were brought down by embattled villagers wrathful at the casualties caused among the women and children and the damages to their homes. In the meantime, the revolutionary movement in Mosul itself continues to spread and the British garrisons are menaced in several towns. COLORED BOARDING SCHOOL MATRONS STUDY AT HAMPTON Physical, Mental, Moral and Social Development Is Central Thought of Three - Week Conference. DORMITORY TRAINING SCHOOL By Carrie Alberta Lyford, Director Home-Economics School, Hampton Institute. Hampton, Va., Jan. 19.—Twenty-one colored women, representing twenty-one schools in eleven states, recently spent three weeks in coference at Hampton Institute, where they studied problems connected with the care of young people in boarding schools. In this group there were three deans of women, eight matrons of girls' dormitories, one preceptress of a boys' dormitory, five matrons of boarding departments, one laundry matron and three assistant matrons. The subjects of the conference covered the entire range of the responsibilities of the matron in educational institutions. The central thought of the Hampton Institute conference was the physical, mental, moral and social development of the student and the part that dormitory life plays in this development. Dormitory management was considered from a business standpoint. Economy in purchase and in care of furnishings was emphasized. Methods of inventorying property and of securing insurance were explained. Business management of the foods department and of the dining room was discussed. Desirable correlations between the boarding department and the home economics department, as well as with the school farm and other departments were also discussed. The conference methods included instructions by specialists, reports of present practices, observation, reference readings, and discussion of present day problems. Free use was made of all the facilities of Hampton Institute. Visits were made in the neighborhood to study community activities in their relation to the development of the students. Special committee reports were made on care of girls, care of boys, furnishing of the dormitory, foods, table service and laundry management. EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE APPEALS AGAINST HARVARD COLOR LINE Press Statement by Secretary Trotter, Harvard '95, Sent to College Managers. Boston, Mass., Jan. 19.—Following the specific rejection of Roscoe C. Bruce, Jr., son of the famous Harvard Class Orator, as a roomer in the freshman dormitories at Harvard college, because of race, the secretary of the National Equal Rights League, who graduated from Harvard in 1895 with two degrees and membership in the Phi Beta Kappa society, gave out a statement published in the Boston American, protesting this as wrong in principle, a violation of equal rights and of democracy, and a dangerous entering wedge of further color discrimination. The statement, which appeals to the president and governing authorities of Harvard to discontinue this practise, by which Harvard caters to prejudices in far distant states in violation of local law and custom, was sent to President Lowell and the board of directors and overseers. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1923 Annual Review of the Work Done by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Powerful Organization Has an Interesting and Worthwhile Story of Notable Achievements During the Past Year—Waged Anti-Lynching Campaign—Exposed Cases of Peonage and Defended Victims of System in Arkansas—Put Across Advertising Program—Fought for Civil Rights and Against the Kluxies. PRESENT DAY MESSAGES "No one outside of a group can regulate the ultimate procedure for the inside. The people who must be helped forever are not worthy of being helped at all. The Negro henceforth must walk with his own legs. HOUSE GIVES OVATION TO PLEA FOR STATUE OF NEGRO MAMM Washington, Jan. 19.—An unusual tribute was paid by the house recently to Representative Stedman, democrat, North Carolina, the only confederate veteran serving in that body when he rose to plead for federal consideration of a bill to permit the erection in Washington of a monument to the southern Negro mummy. The entire membership, republicans and democrats, cheered Mr. Stedman for several minutes. The bill would authorize the Daughters of the Confederacy to erect the monument on government owned ground. Mr. Stedman painted the Negro mummy's fidelity as without parallel in history and declared the erection of the monument would mark one of the few times when a people had so honored one of another race living among them. Elijah McCoy is a pioneer in the art of steadily supplying oil to machinery in intermittent drops from a cup? He is the holder of fifty-eight patents. His first was granted in 1872. At least seventy-five colored men bora commissions during the War of the Rebellion? Two regiments were almost entirely officered by colored men. Annual Review of the Association Powerful Organization Has an In the Past Year—Waged An fended Victims of Sy Fought New York, Jan. 17 (Special)—The American Nation is roused to the horr or and danger of lynching mobbism as it has never been before, acco ring to the 1922 Annual Report of the National Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, of which the following summary has been made public: In the South In the South, where ten years ago only a few solitary individuals dared oppose lynching and where the crime was commonly condoned by influential newspapers, public officials, and ministers of the gospel, there is now wide spread opposition to mob murder. The opponents of lynching now include such powerful organs as the Atlanta Constitution, the Greensboro, N. C., Daily News, the Macon, Ga., Telegraph, the Houston, Texas, Post, and the San Antonio, Texas, Express. Powerful groups of white women in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee and Texas have publicly repudiated the lynching mob as a "protector of womanhood," and such courageous men as the Rev. Dr. M. Ashby-Jones of Atlanta, Governor John M. Parker of Louisiana and ex-Governor Hugh M. Dorsey of Georgia have gone before the country as opposing the mob. The Campaign Against Lynching The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, eight years ago began a concentrated campaign against lynching by the raising of an Anti-Lynching Fund of $10,000. Since then, by public meetings addressed in all parts of the country, by pamphlet publications, newspaper publicity, personal investigations of lynchings and published reports of the investigators, the facts have been placed before the entire civilized world and gradually a public sentiment has been formed which is demanding the abolition of "The Shame of America." This work has been accomplished at a total expenditure of some $40,000 in ten years. The Anti-Lynching Advertisement The full and half-page advertisements setting forth the facts about lynching in daily newspapers were placed as follows: Cost, one Circ. insertion New York Times Nov. 23, full page..327,216 $1,589.20 Chicago Daily News Nov. 22, 7 col.....412,304 1,387.75 Atlanta Constitution Nov. 22, 7 col.....109,787 379.26 Baltimore, Md., Jan. 19—The Catrolic Church in a circular letter sent out recently by A. C. Monohan, secretary of the trustee board of the new Cardinal Gibbons Institute to be erected on the Tuskegee place at Ringa St. Mary's Court, Md., on a 200-acre site, says: "The Cardinal Gibbons Institute is a movement to fulfill in part our duties as Catholics toward the colored race. It will be an institution under Catholic auspices located in the midst of the largest group of Catholic Negroes in the country, devoting its efforts toward training Catholic Negro leaders to work for and among their own race. "What have we already done for the 250,000 Catholic Negroes in the United States? We have eight special schools of more than local importance, and about 126 small parochial schools serving local communities. The total value of all our Catholic Negro school property is approximately $500,000, while there are Baptist Negro Schools valued at $5,000,000; Methodist at $3,000,000; Episcopalian at $2,500,000; Congregational at $2,000,000; and Friends at $1,000,000. These valuations do not include the so-called 'independent' institutions such as Hampton, Tuskegee, Fiske, Shaw, etc., which are supported in part by contributions from Protestant churches. Such comparisons do not look well for us," says the circular. The late Cardinal Gibbons furnished money to purchase the site. The Colored Catholics of Washington and vicinity have contributed sufficient funds to carry out preliminary work. $250,000 is now needed for immediate Kansas City Journal Nov. 24 half page.. 40,266 258.72 Kansas City Star Nov. 23, half page. 439,374 532.00 San Antonio Express Nov. 22, half page.. 30,536 168.00 Washington Star Nov. 23, full page.. 92,555 488.00 Cleveland Plain Dealer Nov. 22, half page. 181,756 384.00 New York World Dec. 4, 1 page..... 360,080 1,344.00 The Nation 30,584 250.00 N. Y. Times Mid-week Pictorial ..... 60,000 250.00 2,084,458 $6,980.92 The money spent for this advertising was contributed for the specific purpose by the Anti-Lynching Crusaders, the American Fund for Public Service, and a number of individuals. The advertisement was intended to put the essential facts about lynching before the greatest number of American citizens possible and to correct some of the false ideas about the causes of lynching. Reached 5,000,000 People The combined circulation of the publications in which the advertisement appeared was more than 2,000,000. It is estimated that upward of 5,000,000 people were reached by the Advancement Association's advertising. As an instance of the profound impression created by this advertisement we quote the following paragraph from an editorial in the San Francisco Call of December 2, the leading daily of the State of California, and one of the most influential newspapers of the Far West: "The most amazing advertisement ever paid for and printed in any newspaper is now appearing in the newspapers of the East. It was 'paid for by the Anti-Lynching Crusaders' on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Part of it is reproduced in this column, without being paid for, because the advertisement is not trying to sell anything but pity and merry and justice and tolerance to the American people." The concensus of opinion is that this advertisement was the greatest single stroke of propaganda ever struck in behalf of justice to the Negro. The temporary setback on the Dyer Bill in no way affects the determination in the National Association for PRESENT DAY MESSAGES "My chief business in life is to move my people to stand erect, to lift their voices to the skies and to know that no matter what the world without may do to them they must keep their souls undefiled." RABBI STEPHEN WISE. building, and for current expenses tor the first school year. The Board of Trustees include such well-known colored folk as Eugene Clark, Judge Robt. Terrell, Miss Nannie Burroughs, all of D. C.; Gonza Wade, Malcolm, Md., and George S. Ralph, of Baltimore. SAYS RACE FRICTION WILL VANISH IN 6 GENERATIONS Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 19. "Within five generations there will be an end to friction between the white and colored races in this country." said Dr. George E. Haynes, of the race-related committee of the Federal Council of Churches, in opening the discussion on behalf of the Negro delegates. "If the present growth of racial understanding continues the power of mutual interests and genuine good feeling will not leave an atom of race friction in the United States." Negro members of the executive committee were given perfect equality with the ministers and bishops, according to the report of the Chicago Race Commission, which was paid a high tribute by Dr. Haynes. During the World War Negroes furnished the largest proportionate number of draftees; 74.60 per cent of the Negroes examined were accepted and 69.71 per cent of the whites. The National out of Colored People of Notable Achievements During Cases of Peonage and De- advertising Program— Kluxies. the Advancement of Colored People to continue the fight on this issue until lynching in America is stamped out. Defense of Arkansas Peonage Victims Defense of twelve Arkansas Colored peonage victims, first sentenced to death in 1919, in connection with the riots in which 250 Negroes were killed, has been carried by the Advancement Association to the United States Supreme Court where the cases will be argued early in 1923. The cases of six of the twelve men have gone to the Supreme Court after passing through four State and Federal Courts and the men were saved after twice being sentenced to death and five times having dates for their execution set. In the other six cases through action of the Association's attorneys the Arkansas Supreme Court twice reversed the verdict of guilty of the Philips County Circuit Court. After the second reversal the Association's attorneys obtained a change of venue. On four occasions date for retrial was set but on each of these occasions the State of Arkansas announced it was unready for trial. The Association's attorneys are striving to obtain the release of the condemned men under the statute of limitations. Before the United States Supreme Court, the Association and the men will be represented by Moorefield Storey, ex-president of the American Bar Association, who is now President of the N. A. A. C. P.; and by Scipio A. Jones of Little Rock, Arkansas. Besides the twelve colored farmers sentenced to death, sixty-seven others were sentenced to various prison terms from a few years to life imprisonment. Fight Against Peonage The Association in carrying on the defense of these men has expended $14,000 of funds raised for the purpose Considerable sums have also been raised and expended by the Colored people of Arkansas. The fight has been conducted not only to right a grievous wrong done to these Colored farmers. It is hoped as well, by taking their case before the highest tribunal in the land to open up the entire question of peonage, which is the greatest economic handicap and source of much of the brutal exploitation under which the Negro suffers in the cotton raising communities of the United States. Civil Rights and Extradition In addition to these two outstanding efforts, the N. A. A. C. P. in January fought successfully with its Buffalo [Continued to Page Four] Whole Number 393 RUSSIA WARNS MASSES RUHR ENTRY MEANS WAR Moscow, Jan. 19—Russia's first official pronouncement on the occupation of the Ruhr by the French was made by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee addressed to 'all the peoples of the world." It sharply protests against the action of France and calls attention to the threat of war which such action involves. Declaring the army of imperialist France has invaded the industrial heart of Germany, the statement declares: "In this critical moment labor and peasant Russia cannot remain silent." Russia charges that France has gone even beyond "shameful Versailles" and that England, Italy and Japan, by washing their hands, or only feebly protesting, are equally guilty of breaking the sovereignty of the German people and trampling upon their rights of self-determination. "Terrible poverty and sufferings threaten the laboring classes in Germany," it concludes. "All Europe is threatened with growing economic disorder. Russia warns the peoples of the world of the terrible danger that menaces peace. Your fate is in your hands." PLEASED WITH AT- TITUDE OF NEW RACE LEADER Halls With Apparent Joy Announcement from America That a Successor to Booker T. Washington Is Found RADICALS QUITE UNPOPULAR London, Jan. 19.—(Crusader Service.)—The announcement from the United States of the discovery of another Booker T. Washington in the person of James Emman Kwegyir Agrey, an African-born Negro, who is now a candidate for his Ph. D. at Columbia university, has been received here with frank interest in the prospects of usurping the present dominant radical New Negro with a leader of the old type and school. British imperialists in particular, received the announcement with undisguised pleasure, while even the liberals reacted favorably to the prospects of ousting the present radical leadership of the Negro people in the United States. Typical of the comment of the press is the following excerpt from an editorial in the Manchester Guardian: "Like Dr. Moton, who was recently in England, Mr. Eggrey is opposed to the African Liberation movement which has been advocated by radical Negroes in the United States and has inspired many colored men throughout the world with the ambition to bring to an end European domination of the Dark Continent. Mr. Aggrey has long occupied the pulpit of a colored church near Salisbury. Many Negroes aspire to the position of influence that Booker T. Washington held in America's "Black World" of nearly twelve million persons, but most of them are working on lines entirely opposed to the doctrines of the greatest figure which has yet emerged from the ranks of the colored men in America. Aggrey, however, is working along lines laid by Booker T. Washington—that is, to fit the Negro into a proper niche in the agriculture and industrial spheres." Putting the Negro in his place appears to be as much a concern among Anglo-Saxons in the British Isles as among the pure Anglo-Saxon population of the most rabid Southern States. Picking leaders for the Negro peoples of the world is the special concern of all this class who thus hope to divert into channels less menacing to their beautiful system of world domination the increasing political activity of Negroes throughout the world. It appears a dream doomed to failure. The Negroes of America, no more than the Negroes of the rest of the world, are inclined toward acceptance of servile leadership if one is to judge by the reports emanating from America. Organizations among colored people have showed no lack of interest in the matter of laboring and giving their scanty earnings for their own education. HUNT FOR YOUR NAME Each week the name of some paid-up subscriber is inserted in one of the "ads" appearing in The Monitor. If that subscriber finds his or her name and will bring his copy of the paper to The Monitor office before the following Friday he will be paid One Dollar. GROWING _____ THANK YOU Vol. VIII—No. 29 PROMINENT FARM EXPERT FLOGGED BY KLUX COWARDS Hooded Mob Severely Maltreats State and United States Government Employee for Favoring Dyer Bill. VICTIM HIGH CLASS CITIZEN Employed by the Extension Service Department of Agriculture and Has Been of Great Help to Farmers. Greensburg, N. C., Jan. 19.—L. E. Hall, colored farm expert in the employ of the United States and the state of North Carolina, was taken from his home at Chadbourn by a K. K. K. band, and severely beaten and warned by the Klan to leave the vicinity, a few days ago. The masked band made an effort to impress their victim that he was being whipped on account of statements made by Hall relative to the passage of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill. It is a matter of general knowledge, however, that the farm expert was beaten and warned on account of the fact that his work has greatly increased the general efficiency of colored farmers and that through his advice many colored men have become land owners instead of peons. Called from His Home. The first intimation Mr. Hall had that he was due for a visit from the Ku Klux Klan was when he was called to the door of his home during the night. He was immediately forced into an automobile which was one of several in the party and spirited away. At the bend in the road leading out of Chadbourn one of the men in the car with Hall suggested that he look back, and on doing so he counted the headlights of seven automobiles (a flour sack had been placed over the head of the prisoner; the lights were visible through it). The captive was told there were three more cars ahead. Something was said about a whipping. It was evident that there must be about forty men in the mob. "Good land," said the prisoner, "does it take all these men to whip one man?" "No," he was told, "we have brought along some for witnesses." After about three miles the procession stopped, and a whispered conversation among the masks took place. The prisoner was told that he would be asked some questions before further procedure, which was something like this, according to Hall: Q. Did you say that the Dyer antllynching bill would pass, and that for every Negro lynched the white people would have to pay $15,000? A. No, I did not. Q. Well, did you not say that if the Dyer anti-lynching bill did not pass that the Negroes would stop lynching by lynching a few white folks? A. No, I never gave utterance to any such statement. Q. What do you do around Chad-bourn? A. I don't do much of anything around Chad-bourn. Q. What kind of work do you do? A. Extension work. Q. Who pays you? A. I am employed by the extension service, department of agriculture. Q. What do you do? A. Organize and work with colored farmers throughout the state. Q. That is just what we understand. You are organizing Negroes against whites throughout the state. A. That is not so. My business is to assist farmers to do better farming and help them solve their farm problems. Upon hearing what Hall had to say, the leader of the mob instructed his assistants to take him aside and whip him. About twenty lashes were applied to Hall's naked body, and he was asked a few more questions, the answers to which were not satisfac- Continued to Page Two) ORGANIZATION LEADERS INVITED TO CONFERENCE Boston, Mass., Jan. 13—On the eve of the New Year, it became known today, the National Equal Rights League, through President M. A. N. Shaw, invited the presidents and secretaries of the African Blood Brotherhood, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Race Congress and National Uplift League, to consider meeting in council for conference on methods of fighting lynching, in order to have unity and cooperation in the campaign against this and other wrongs to the race and arrange by the various bodies specializing against lynching. Plans are being made for the holding of this conference in the near future, probably in New York City. THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted Primarily to the Interests of Colored Americans. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor, W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. Address The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Atlantic 1322, Webster 4243 ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED MEDIA PRESS FIRST IN SERVICE FAIR WORDS AND FOUL DEEDS It is only a few weeks ago that Pres- These words should furnish a motto for our people. Every one of us should IT is only a few weeks ago that President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University delivered an address at Hampton in which he said that America owed it to herself to treat the Negro with absolute fairness and give him every opportunity for his fullest development. Wide publicity was given in the newspapers of our own group and in the great dailies of the land to the wise and statesmanlike utterance of the President of Harvard. What a striking contrast to his plea "for the fullest opportunity of development" is his letter of last week to Roscoe Conklin Bruce, a distinguished alumnus of Harvard, who desires to have his son enter his own alma mater, stating that it is considered impracticable to admit colored students into the Freshmen dormitories and refectories of the university, and that while there is no objection to such students in the dormitories of the higher classes they cannot longer be admitted into those of the Freshmen. And yet, if you please, it is compulsory for Freshmen to occupy those dormitories. Note this perfect syllogism of exclusion: "All Freshmen must occupy the Freshmen dormitories at Harvard; no colored Freshmen can occupy the Freshman dormitories at Harvard, therefore, no colored Freshman can enter Harvard." If this rule be permitted to stand, it is as plain as the nose on one's face that "the fullest opportunities for the Negro" for which President Lowell so eloquently pleaded at another educational institution only a few weeks ago are to be denied him at the very university of which Mr. Lowell is the head and in distinct repudiation of the principles of that institution which has hitherto stood for fair treatment and admission of applicants of all races of the tarth who could qualify for admission. Moreover among some of the most successful and distinguished alumni of Harvard are members of our race who were cheerfully admitted to all the privileges of that great university years ago. Why then at this late day when colored Americans have made great advancement in culture should Harvard's policy be reversed? But what we started out to say is this: It is this wide discrepancy between fair speech and unfair deeds upon the part of many representative white Americans who should be the exponents of fairness, truth and candle that is so disappointing to thoughtful colored Americans. They give good words with their lips but with their deeds they deny them. Where words and actions are so far apart as in the case here cited there is some justification for the charge of hypocrisy and many of our group make the unjustifiable and sweeping accusation that "nearly all white people are hypocrites." Of course, this is not true, but in the dealing of many of the dominant group, from whom better things are to be expected, with our people, there are so many examples of discrepancy between words and deeds, so many manifestations of littleness and narrowness, where one would expect bigness and magnanimity, that there is some ground for this uncomplimentary opinion. President Lowell's speech at Hampton and his letter on the new policy of Harvard inaugurated during his incumbency and only during his incumbency is illustrative of what we mean. And in all such manifestations of inconsistency upon the part of the people of superior advantages and claims it may be we'd to remember "There's a chai amang ye takin notes." KEEPING ONE'S SOUL THAT was a noble utterance made by Rabbi Stephen Wise before the annual meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, when he said: "My chief business in life is to move my people to stand erect, to lift their voices to the skies and to know that no matter what the world without may do to them, they must keep their souls undefiled." naturalized in the United States, on thereof, are citizens of the state wherein they reside. No any law which shall abridge the citizens of the United States; nor person of life, liberty, or prop- law, nor deny to any person final protection of the laws. These words should furnish a motto for our people. Every one of us should stand erect, hold up our heads as freemen, uprightly, lift our voices in praise to God and keep our souls undefiled. The people that will do this are invincible and will come into their own. Our great danger is that we may not keep our souls inviolate. It may be well to frequently remind our readers of the question asked hundreds of years ago by Incarnate Wisdom and Love, "What will it profit a man (race or nation) though he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" WAS IT FAIR? WE have a question to ask of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. It is this: Was it fair to dismiss all the colored employees in one department because two or three failed to give satisfaction? It was frankly stated that some of the employees had given and were giving entire satisfaction and there was "keen regret in having to dismiss them." Of course this procedure was not fair and the idea that colored and white could not work satisfactorily together is not true. It has been disproven in that very institution and in scores of other places. We hope the change is but temporary and that the grievous wrong done the satisfactory employees by this action may speedily be repaired. Prepare to fight the sheet and slit-pillow slip sneaks and strife stirrers to a fare you well. HASTINGS, NEBR., HAPPENINGS The Home Mission Society of the M. E. Church, white, is taking up the study of Negro life, what he is doing and has done for his country since his freedom. Taking up from the Civil War to the World War each topic was discussed and the Negro was given much credit. Mrs. Floyd Summers of Wilberforce University sang "The Heavenly Song" by H. Gray, and "Senora," by Feist. Mrs. John Huff was also a specially invited guest. A light luncheon was served. Tuskegee Institute and Fiske were also given much credit as to their educational and industrial work for the Negro. MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. E. H. McDonald terton Rev. E. H. McDonald, pastor A rally for the Missionary Society is being conducted under the direction of Mrs. Burton and Miss Forestine Maxey newly elected president of the B. Y. P. U. It is an automobile race in which several well-known cars are entered. The trip is from Omaha to Salt Lake. Fare one cent a mile. The young people are invited to take part. The distance is 1008 miles and you may select your car. SHERIDAN, WYO., NEWS Messrs. J. A. Nathouse and Al Saute paid their forfeit as loosers of the whist tournament by entertaining the winners and friends at a dinner party at the home of the former, Monday, January 8th. Twenty-two guests enjoyed the hospitality of the joint hosts Mrs. J. A. Washington arrived in Sheridan Monday, January 8th, and is the house guest of her sister, Mrs. A. L. Bell. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Nathouse, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Chenault and Mr. Watson Chenault were among the many Sheridan visitors to the Billy Creek oil gusher at Buffalo Sunday. Mrs. J. A. Nathouse arranged a very pleasant surprise party Monday, January 15th, the affair being in honor of Mr. Nathouse's birthday. THE ST. PAUL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Twenty-sixth and Seward Streets Russell Taylor, Pastor Services Sunday were well attended. The new lighting system added much to the pleasure of the evening services. Our Island Paradise Fishermen at Kealakekua Bay. (Prepared by the National Geographic 80-ish naval commander in the Pacific Hawaii, territory of the United States, and most important strategically of the lands of the Pacific, is not alone interesting because of its military and naval value to Udele Sam, emphasized some months ago by the deliberations at Washington in regard to the world's greatest ocean. It is in many ways literally an island paradise. Scarcely anywhere else in the world may one roam through tropical jungles with never a thought of poisonous insects or snakes. Such creatures do not exist in these fair islands. Even poison ivy and similar noxious plants are unknown. And though in the edge of the tropics, Hawaii has a cooler temperature by ten degrees than any other land in the same latitudes. Moreover, one may change his climate at will by a journey of a few miles; for the northern half of each island, swept by the trade winds, is rainy and heavily wooded, while just over the mountain' ridge is a drier, warmer region. In a way, the United States may well thank Boston" and its daring traders and missionaries of the early days for the fact that Hawaii now files the Stars and Stripes rather than the tri-color or the British union jack. A Spanish navigator first discovered the islands in 1555, but his country lald no claim to them, and they were practically forgotten. The British Captain Cook visited the Hawaiian group in 1778, and named them the Sandwich islands. Still the islands were practically unknown. Then, following the close of the American Revolution, American ships began to sail the seven seas in growing numbers, and in 1789 the first ship flying the Stars and Stripes—from Boston—visited the Hawaiians. It was the first of many from the same port, carrying traders, whalers and adventurers; and soon the natives had learned of the republic on the continent to the east, and came to consider the "United States" and "Boston" synonymous. The Boston traders found each of the islands under a separate king, with two rival rulers on Hawaii, the largest of the islands. One of the latter obtained firearms and ammunition from the traders and got their assistance in building a "navy." With this American help he became the "Napoleon of the Pacific," conquering the other islands, and, as Kamehameha I, ruled over the consolidated kingdom. Hawaiian Trade Was Valuable. The Americans found the Hawaiian trade a good thing. They sold the king and his nobles everything from clothes and jewelry to billiard tables and steam yachts, and in return carried away shiploads of valuable sandalwood. Strong liquor was not forgotten among the imports, and in Honolulu among the naturally light-hearted natives the American sailors contributed to the creation of a gay Pacific resort, a sort of forerunner of San Francisco's Barbary Coast of later decades. Deserters from American ships, in the delightful haven of a barbous paradise, helped to heighten the fame or the infamy of the Honolulu of those days. The situation became such that in 1820 President Monroe sent an agent to reside in Honolulu and look after American interests in regard to commerce and seamen. A shipload of missionaries, also from Boston, arrived in the islands in 1820, much to the disgust of the traders as well as those who had deserted the sea to tread Hawaii's primrose path. The complaint of the traders was that the missionaries taught the natives "the value of things," and so made trading unprofitable. American ways and teachings at their best made a great impression on the more thoughtful Hawaiians, and when they reshaped their government they made the Ten Commandments the basis of their laws. More and more Americans visited and settled in the islands and the Hawaiians looked upon America as their best friend among the nations. When pioneers from the United States were pushing west toward California just before the Mexican war, which added that state to the Union, a Brit-SION of the Presbytery of Omaha at First Church, Tuesday. It was a lively and profitable session. The Men's Club is being mobilized with the object of redecorating the auditorium in the near future. We are now entering the last quarter of the church year. It behooves every one to bend every energy to make a creditable showing for the year Services Sunday will be as follows: 11 A. M., "In the Beginning, God." 7:30 P. M., "A Vision of Man's Need." Mh. Taylor was St. Paul's repre- THE MONITOR island dise ish naval commander in the Pacific, realizing the strategic importance of the Hawaiian group, seized the islands, but his country promptly disavowed his act. After some difficulties with France over the islands in the forties, the United States declared a sort of Monroe Doctrine toward them. As early as 1851 the island government, fearing trouble with other nations, provisionally ceded the islands to the United States. But the cession was not accepted, and numerous efforts to become a part of the United States were made in the following half century. Annexed by Uncle Sam. In 1887 the United States obtained a concession for the use of Pearl harbor for a coaling station. When Queen Lillianokalani attempted to abolish the constitution in 1893, the constitutional party, led by American settlers, brought about a revolution and dethroned her. One of the first acts of the provisional government was to apply for annexation to the United States. Germany was seizing islands right and left in the Pacific, and the Hawaiians wished to get under a sheltering wing. Politics in the United States delayed action, and in the meantime the Republic of Hawaii was organized. Then in 1898, during the Spanish-American war, congress suddenly voted to make Hawaii American territory. Though the Hawaiian islands are known as "the half-way house of the Pacific," in reality the distance from San Francisco to Honolulu is only about half that from Honolulu to Australia, the Philippines or Japan. All the islands are of volcanic origin, out coral has grown on the shores of many of them. The disintegrated lava has formed a rich soil which responds liberally to irrigation. Only Cuba and Java produce greater total crops of sugar, and the per acre yield of Hawaii is the greatest in the world —four tons without irrigation and six tons with. The sugar crop for the year ended June 20, 1920, was worth $78,500,000. The pineapple crop, second in importance, was valued at $18,500,000. Mauna Loa Volcano. Perhaps the Hawaiian group is best known to most people because of the huge volcanic Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii. In September, 1919, this great safety-valve "blew off steam," giving a most unusual demonstration of nature's forces. From a huge vent in the mountain's side, a flood of molten lava was belched forth. Spreading out into a great shallow stream, it came roaring down the mountain slope, burning forests, carrying huge trees and immense boulders on its surface—sweeping everything before it. With a speed varying from 1 to 20 miles an hour, according to the country it was passing over, it broadened out until it was nearly a mile in width. After wiping out the government belt road, razing telephone poles and destroying a vast amount of property, the red-hot lava tumbled over a high precipice and plunged hissing into the sea nearly 20 miles from its source. In approaching the flow from the sea in the early evening, the glow from the lava was visible for many miles. As one drifted within 200 yards of the point where the liquid rock was rushing into the sea, the scene was awe-inspiring. Slowly the smoky haze from the burning forests, which hung over the source 20 miles away, lifted and the river of fire stood out in its full glory. Leaping from pall to valley, rushing uphill and roaring down, the fiery river thundered down the mountain slope, carrying on its bosom rocks as big as houses. As the stream of blazing lava neared the coastline, it appeared to gather more speed, taking the final plunge over a 100-foot cliff at a terrific rate, and looking for all the world like a fiery Niagara. As the red-hot lava came in contact with the water, great columns of steam and gas, like huge waterspouts, were forced hundreds of feet into the air. Huge boulders, hurled into space, exploded with thunderous reports into auras of red and green lights, while flashes of what looked like lightning added to the chaos. sensitive at the Presbyterial Missionary Society which convened in the North Presbyterian Church Tuesday. She reports a very interesting and pleasant meeting. The women of the church are doing a most excellent work in missions both at home and abroad. REAL GLORY OF LIFE. To be a strong hand in the dark to another in the time of need, 'o be a cup of strength to a human soul in a crisis of weakness, is to know the glory of life.—Hugh Black. Western Funeral Home Established by the late Silas Johnson 2518 Lake Street Continuing the same considerate efficient service John Albert Williams, Executor Webster 0248 THE BEGINNING OF THE END Ever since the redevivus of the Ku Klux Klan with its blatant announcement of war against Negroes, Catholics and Jews, and for 100 per cent Americanism, the more influential press of the country and a number of the leading churchmen and others have pronounced its early doom; but it is hardly possible that the most sanguine in this expectation among any of those who deplored its re-birth were prepared for the sudden blow that has undertaken this un-American institution. The Klan, says Wizard Clarke, has now decided to abandon its propaganda against the Catholic Church and will admit members of this faith into the fold. The program now, says the chief "sheeter," will be based strictly on white supremacy; not only in America, but to all Caucasian races through the earth, and in order to carry out this plan he is quoted as saying: "We can't afford to antagonize Catholics when we are about to launch our world-wide organization and spread it to all white races, of which so many are Catholics." In other words, the Klan has discovered that in tackling the Catholic Church in its campaign of race hate and religious bigotry, "bit off more than it could chew." It has been the consensus of opinion all along that sheets were more plentiful in the Klan's councils than brains, but could anything more strongly emphasize its hopeless mental paucity than this right-about-face? What do they take the Catholic Church for? Do they suppose that after trying to hold this denomination up to shame before the world, its members will now make a mad rush for the sheet pile and fight for a place in the glow of the fiery cross? It is to laugh. This is not the only amendment that must now be made to the original klonstitution, /Wizard Clarke says he is going abroad and will spend many months in foreign lands organizing branches. So we are not going to have a 100 per cent American organization after all. And thus the campaign of war on aliens must also be abandoned. In its decision to confine its activities now strictly to white supremacy, the screws will be limited to the yellow and black races, says the Klizzard. But can we depend on it? In view of its recent turnabout on policy is it not possible that this latest declaration is only tentative? For instance, when the chief gathers his role of sheets and in the capacity of the Klan's walking delegate alights in Japan for the purpose of organizing the few whites living in the Flowery Kingdom, and finds that the population is overwhelmingly yellow, will he not also turn "yellow" and amend the klonstitution so as to include the Japs? And when he crosses over to China, to organize the whites in that unhappy land, will not the cainy hue again become ascendant and provision be made for the laundrymen? And of course he must needs go to Africa to organize the Boers and expatriated Englishmen, and finding himself in a land where the black men outnumber the few whites hundreds to one, will he not perforce let down the bars for the Kaffirs, Bushmen and other innumerable gentry of the Dark Continent? And what of the Jew? In his latest manifesto, the Chief seems to have forgotten that this race was on the original program of proscription. But of course when he visits Palestine on his mission of "Klandestiny" he will find himself surrounded by a conglomeration of Jews, Turks and whatsof so many colors that we expect to hear that he has gathered up his sheets and fled to the desert a raving maniac.—The Baltimore Afro-American. THE BECOMING OF NEGRO HOTELS By William Pickens. The Negro who travels in the United SUIT and EXTRA PANTS to order Reduced from $55 $40 Other Grades at $45, $50 and Up. A Similar Reduction on Overcoats. This is less than the original price of suit alone. An extra pair of pants doubles the life of a suit. A few sample garments made in our own work shop for sale at attractive prices. They are better and cheaper than ready-mades. Grand Special Offer: Fine Blue Serge Suit, $40; Worth $60 MacCARTHY-WILSON TAILORING CO. Big Daylight Tailor Store. S. E. Corner 15th and Harney Sts. States knows what a benefactor of his race is another Negro who establishes a clean and honest hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Stuart, who feat white people in the heart of Toledo, Ohio, for years, have now established a hotel in the colored district, The New Hotel Pleasant. It is clean and well provided. Negro travelers cannot get decent treatment in "white" hotels—at least not in many places. Springfield, Mass., and a few other New England points, and a few places in the "uncivilized" west, are all that occur to our minds at this minute where a black man can get a first-class hotel service without a fight. There are a few hotels in New York that may admit a black man if he is known, tried, proven and well vouched for—about as "free" Negroes had to carry identifying papers in 1850. We welcome the development of Negro hotels, and want to give them this "tip": Admit any human being of any race, wherever the law allows it. Run a hotel for humans who behave themselves. This is the black man's privilege in America and he should make the most of it. Poor, handicapped white people are not yet permitted to rise above the sub-human civilization which respects only "our clan" and "our tribe". BALSAM OF GILEAD? Editor Monitor: A news item dated January 10th states that an unusual tribute was paid by the House to Representative Stedman, democrat, North Carolina, the only confederate veteran serving in that body, when he rose to plead for federal consideration of a bill to permit the erection in Washington of a monument to the southern Negro Mammy. The entire membership, republicans and democrats, cheered Mr. Stedman for several minutes. Mr. Stedman painted the Negro Mammy's fidelity as without parallel in history. The bill would authorize the Daughters of Confederacy to erect the monument on government owned ground. I believe that I speak for our entire group when I say that we are astounded and bewildered not necessarily at the proposal, for the germ evidently sprouted in the mind of a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy and women folk are naturally emotional, also such organizations are forever seeking to achieve something to give it greater prominence, better advertising as it were. But why the sedate old house of representatives, republicans and democrats alike, should cast aside their masks and openly cheer such a proposition and its sponsor is the point of amazement. While it is undisputably true that both the southern white man and the northern white man, by adoption, owe MUCH to the Negro Mammy, their debt is such as should bow their heads with shame. Individually or severally why erect a tablet of cold bronze or a mass of colder stone in a vain attempt to right such a gross wrong or to mislead generations yet unborn? To manifest a true and pure appreciation of t he Negro Mammy's fidelity why not reward both her and hers by erecting a monument to the Negro Mammy and the Negro Pappy together with their children by passing unanimously the Dyer bill or like legislation, a true and lasting monument that will both benefit coming generations and those in whose memory it is to be erected B. B. COWAN. Please have your subscription ready when our collector calls. PROMINENT FARM EXPERT FLOGGED BY KLUXIES (Continued from Page One) tory, so another lashing was ordered, which was more severe than the first. He was then told to go home and be a "good Nigger". While Hall is a giant in stature and a strong man in appearance, but he says he did not see his way clear to lick forty cowards armed with all kinds of weapons. Highest Type of Colored Man. L. E. Hall's name is amongst those "Who's Who in Agriculture" published at Cornell University and he has long been an associate worker with such men as Booker T. Washington, Frissell and Dr. Moton. As one of those who has done great work in developing the southern agricultural resources, Mr. Hall has been considered as being typical of what the South most wants in Negroes. The recently renewed exodus of Negro farmers from North Carolina is thought to have been the result of an awakened consciousness of their position in the minds of Negro farm hands. Coupled with the mass movement of Negro farm hands there has been noticeable a rapid increase of Negro land owners. Thought for the Day. If we would greet the members of our family in the evening as pleasantly as we have greeted other people during the day, our homes would be happier. We'd Call Them Alleys. Many of the streets of Canton, China are only eight feet wide. Bonds Furnished to Reliable Persons NOTARY PUBLIC IN OFFICE PHONES: Res., Web. 6613; Office, At. 5104 Res. 2863 Binney St. NOAH W. WARE ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR AT LAW HOURS: 9 A. M. to 12:00 Noon; 1:30 P. M. to 5:30 P. M. 111 So. 14th Street Omaha, Nebr. Prepare for Hereafter By Keeping Warm Now COAL ALL KINDS Reasonable Prices Charles Solomon 2530 Lake St. Web. 2019 Residence Web. 4238 Central Cuming Mkt. HIGHEST QUALITY GROCERIES and MEATS All Kinds of Fruit and Vegetables in Season Open Until 9 P. M. Every Evening. All Day Sunday. 2820 Cuming Street PHONE HARNEY 4515 We Sell SKINNER'S the highest grade Macaroni, Spaghetti, Egg Noodles and other Macaroni Products ANTS to order $40 on $55 A Similar Reduction on Overcoats. price of suit alone. An extra pair of few sample garments made in cur ative prices. They are better and the Serge Suit, $40; Worth $60 ON TAILORING CO. S. E. Corner 15th and Harney Sts. Local and Personal Happenings WE PRINT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS Mrs. Andrew Brown, an old resident of Omaha, died Thursday morning at a local hospital. Travius Gatug has been detained at his home, 2731 Caldwell street, by illness during the past week. Mrs. Henry L. Marque is reported quite seriously ill at her home, 2320 North Twenty-sixth street. Mrs. R. E. Jones entertained at a five course luncheon last Wednesday complimentary to Miss Prime of Chicago. Miss Gladys Prime of Chicago, who has been visiting her cousin, Mrs. Joseph Taylor, returned to her home last Friday. Mrs. W. B. Cheeseborough of 2735 Caldwell street, was called to Memphis, Tenn., last Saturday by the death of her nephew. Mrs. Alice M. Smith, 2409 Blondo street, will enter University hospital Saturday morning where she will undergo an operation. Mrs. John A. Smith, who recently underwent an operation at the Lord Lister hospital, has returned home and is steadily improving. Mrs. Ford Smith of Denver arrived in the city Sunday to be the guest of her sister-in-law. Mrs. William B. Smith, 2409 Blondo street. The Bachelor Benedict Club have issued invitations for their annual formal dance at the DeLuxe Dancing Academy next Monday night. Miss Dorothy E. Williams and Jas. Lewis, students at the Omaha University, visited Glenwood, Iowa, Tuesday morning, with other students, on an Our February Furniture S erings, draperies, home furni graphs will begin Monday, J In order to give our cus examine furniture at their leis 25th, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 ARY 27th, have been named TION DAYS". You are invi any of these days and our furn the furniture and help you in tions. Arrangements for this gre progress for several months. the markets and bought in la large scale and for cash they o concessions which we take p customers. We assure you that you w the best made merchandise a obtained in years. We do not say "Come and See!" We are pleased that you will buy. B will be a real pleasure to sho merchandise and we hope you opportunity. In the purchase of furnit prefer—to have you use our d arranged for the convenience Yours J. L. BRAND Brandeis Store Our February Furniture Sale, including rugs, floor coverings, draperies, home furnishings, art goods and phonographs will begin Monday, January 29th. In order to give our customers the opportunity to examine furniture at their leisure THURSDAY, JANUARY 25th, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26th, and SATURDAY, JANUARY 27th, have been named "COURTESY AND INSPECTION DAYS". You are invited to visit our 7th floor on any of these days and our furniture experts will gladly show the furniture and help you in preparing to make your selections. Arrangements for this great February Sale have been in progress for several months. Our buyers have gone into the markets and bought in large quantities. Buying on a large scale and for cash they obtained many important price concessions which we take pleasure in passing on to our customers. We assure you that you will find in this February Sale the best made merchandise at prices lower than you have obtained in years. We do not say "Come and Buy!" We say "Come and See!" We are confident you will be so well pleased that you will buy. But whether you buy or not it will be a real pleasure to show you this carefully selected merchandise and we hope you will take advantage of the opportunity. In the purchase of furniture we will be glad—if you so prefer—to have you use our deferred payment plan which is arranged for the convenience of our customers. J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS Mrs. S. S. Stewart, 2862 Chicago St. GAYE YOUR OLD GAYETY Twice Daily Sat. Mat. Jan. 20 Wk. Starting YOUR OLD PAL AL REEVES and HIS BEAUTY SHOW INCLUDING THE COLORED TEAM DE LUXE JOHNNIE NIT & MARY TUCK Johnnie Nit is conceded to be the greatest eccentric soft shoe dancer of the present generation observation tour of the institutions of that city. The name of Charles W. Dickerson was accidentally omitted from the list of vestrymen of St. Philip's church published in last week's Monitor. Mrs. Edgar Lee gave a breakfast at her residence last Thursday in honor of Misses Prime and Johnson of Chicago. Covers were laid for eight. Clay Shipman of Norfolk spent the week-end at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Shipman, 2724 North Thirtieth street. Mrs. F. J. Smith returned home, 3027 Manderson street, last Saturday from the University hospital where she has been a patient for several weeks. Mrs. W. B. Rogers returned Wednesday morning from Moberly, Mo., where she was called by the death of her sister, Mrs. Kirby, who was well known here. The Young Matrons' Five Hundred Club spent a very pleasant evening Wednesday of last week at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Haynes, 2859 Corby street. Mrs. Grace M. Hutten, who recently underwent a cerebral operation at the Nicholas Senn hospital, has returned to her home, 2414 Maple street, and is rapidly convalescing. Miss Ruth Jones entertained the younger set at a delightful dancing party at Hillcrest, the Jones' residence, last Wednesday night in honor of Miss Hazel Wilson of Des Moines. Mrs. Bert Johnson entertained at a theatre party last Monday night com- THE eis furniture Sale, in furnishings, today, January our customers are leisure TH ARY 26th, and named "COU are invited to our furniture e you in prepar this great Feb months. Our t in large qu they obtained take pleasure you will find adise at price do not say We are confi buy. But wha to show you peope you will furniture we our deferred enience of our Yours truly, VET OLD PA ```markdown ``` plimentary to Miss Prime of Chicago and Mrs. Russell Reese gave an auto party in her honor Tuesday evening. Lewis W. Wallace of Chicago was an Omaha visitor Monday. Mr. Wallace is a landscape architect and gardener. The N. A. A. C. P. will meet Sunday afternoon at Grove M. E. church. An interesting program will be given. Public urged to attend. Count Wilkinson, editor of the New Era, motored over to Lincoln Sunday morning, returning in the afternoon. On the trip he picked up a severe cold which nearly put him in bed. W. L. Myers, who purchased the undertaking business of the late Silas Johnson, has moved his family into the house formerly occupied by Mr. Johnson at 2518 Lake street. Sergt. Isaac Bailey and Augustus Hicks attended the Fifty-sixth Annual Council of the Diocese of Nebraska at Trinity Cathedral this week as the lay delegates of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon. E. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust building, Jackson 3841 or Harney 2156. Deputy Sheriff Dudley Wright took two prisoners to the penitentiary at Lincoln Monday. H. C. Price, the popular Nortr 24th street barber, accompanied him. They returned to Omaha Monday night. The Woman Auxiliary of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon held its regular weekly meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Jasper E. Brown, 2883 Miami street. Delegates to the annual meeting gave interesting reports of the sessions. The services at the Church of St. Philip the Deacon Sunday will be as usual: Holy Communion at 7:30; matins at 8:30; Church school, 10; sung Eucharist with sermon 11 vespers and confirmation instruction at 5 o'clock. Persons anxious to learn about the Episcopal church are invited to attend the Sunday afternoon instructions. Mrs. Ed Hurt, a former resident of Omaha, but for the last eleven years a resident of Los Angeles, Calif., where she is a successful fruit raiser, arrived in Omaha Wednesday morning to look after her property here. She is a guest of Mrs. George Harris, Thirtieth and Grant streets. She will leave for Los Angeles Sunday morning. DELEGATES TO WOMAN'S AUXILIARY MEETING The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Nebraska convened in Trinity Cathedral Tuesday. There was a large attendance and most enthusiastic sessions. Among the outstanding features was an inspiring address by Dr. W. E. Sturgess of New York. Bishop Shayler's address at the opening serve of the Holy Communion was an unusually strong, hopeful, helpful and inspiring message. Mrs. W. H. Jones, the efficient president for the past two years, declining re-election, Mrs. Wilbur Scranton Lee of Plattsmouth, an excellent selection, was chosen as her successor. The following delegates represented St. Philip's church at this meeting: Mesdames Isaac Bailey, Frank Shropshire and John Albert Williams. Others attending the sessions were Mrs. John Dixon, alternate, and Mesdames John W. Gatus, B. B. Cowan and Otis Shipman. St. Philip's women joined with those of St. Paul's and St. Martin's in serving the luncheon for the Church Service League meeting Monday. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH 25th and R Street Market 3475 O. J. Burckhardt, Pastor Sunday was a great day with us at our various services. The pastor preached at 11 a.m. His subject was "Clearing the New Ground." At 7:30 Rev. W. S. Metcalf preached on "Speak and Hold Thy Peace." He is always a welcome visitor at Allen. Our League and Sunday School work are improving. We want the young people to attend these meetings. Sunday we are arranging for another good time. We do not believe that anyone can Atlantic 1322 or Webster 4243 WHO KNOWS JOHN HAYDEN Webster Groves, Mo., 161 E. Shady Ave. Editor Monitor: Can I beg of you to try to locate one John B. Hayden, formerly of St. Joe, Mo. Mother, Mrs. Pauline Hayden, is very anxious to locate him. She is 104 years old and needs his assistance very much. If he can be located, please address sister, (Mrs.) Nellie C. Salmon attend these services without going away feeling lifted up spiritually. A goodly number are yet on the sick list. Mother Helm, Mrs. O. W. Johnson, and Mrs. Dooley, but all are some better at this writing. Tropp 23, Boy Scouts, won the rally in District No. 6, composed of five troops, of which three participated in the rally. There were five events, each counting 100 for first, namely, First Ata, Knot Tying, Scout Pace Relay, Troop Yell and Fire by Friction. Troop 23 secured 435 points. This is the second consecutive win for Troop 23, which by virtue of its victory will again represent the district in the city rally to be held at the auditorium in the near future. FATHER AND SON BANQUET St. John's A. M. E. church, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, St. Phillip's Episcopal church and Zion Baptist church will unite in a Father and Son banquet, under the supervision of Dr Craig Morris, Mr. H. L. Anderson of the Boy Scouts, next Thursday night at Zion Baptist Church, which has excellent facilities for serving the banquet. A good program has been prepared and it is expected that there will be a large attendance. If a man hasn't a son of his own, he is requested to play the part of a father that night to some fatherless boy. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS To the Stockholders of the Kaffir Chemical Laboratories: You are hereby given notice that a meeting of the stockholders of the Kaffir Chemical Laboratories will be held in the Company's office, 817 North Sixteenth street, Omaha, Nebraska, January 29 at 8 p. m. This meeting is called by order of the stockholders at their annual meeting, Tuesday, January 8th. You are urgently urged to be present. —Signed, Larry N. Peoples, Secretary. OVERLOOKED HIS NAME The name of B. S. Sutton, 2212 Nicholas street, was placed in the advertisement of Burgess-Nash Company appearing on page two of last week's Monitor. Mr. Sutton evidently overlooked it and by failing to use his eyes lost $1.00. Whose name is in the "ads" this week? Perhaps it's yours. Y. W. C. A. NO SIDE BRANCH Don't forget the annual meeting of the North Side Branch Y. W. C. A., at which time election will be held. Commendable program will be given. Rev Mr. Holly of the C. M. E. church will be the main speaker. 35c dinner will be served at seven o'clock. All members and friends are invited and urged to be present. PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Wm. Franklin, Pastor Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, state missionary, visited this congregation Sunday morning and preached an excellent sermon. The Rev. J. D. Crum, assistant pastor, preached at night, the pastor being out of the city. The D. M. Circle meets Tuesday night. J. Robberson is president. Miss J. Robinson entertained the Starlight Band at her home, 2608 Seward street, last at. Jan. 20 BEAUTY SHOW 1 DE LUXE Sunday evening. The reception given by the Florida Club at the residence of Mrs. P. L. Anderson, 1418 North Twenty-fifth street, was well attended. H. L. Anderson, state president of Sunday School Association, visited the Sunday School Sunday. FUNERAL OF MRS. T. V. JONES Obituary, Poem from Friend and Card of Thanks from the The funeral of Mrs. Anna Jones of 2237 Seward street was held at Zion Baptist church, Twenty-second and Grant streets, Tuesday, January 9th, at 2 p. m. under the auspices of Household of Ruth No. 5553, Peaceful Chamber No. 4679, Mosaic Templars of America, M. Morih Tabernacle No. 18 and Royal Circle of Friends No. 1728. Prayer by Rev. W. F. Botts, after which Scripture reading and sermon by Rev. J. C. MacFarland of M. Nebo Baptist church, the deceased's pastor. Text: "So shall we ever be with the Lord." Her favorite song, "God Will Take Care of You," was sung by F. R. Perkins. The church was filled to capacity. Many beautiful resolutions were read. The following were pallebearers: Robert Campbell, Edward Hill, F. R. Perkins, Henry Smith, Robert Garrett, Jacob Scott, J. W. Lewis and A. Harbin. Floral offerings by: Mt. Moriah Tabefnacle, No. 18; Royal Circle, No. 178; Household of Ruth, No. 5953; Peaceful Chamber, M. T. of A., No. 4679; Omaha Lodge B. P. O. E., No. 92; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith; Mr. and Mrs. J. Burton, Lincoln, Neb.; Clarence Jackson, Mrs. Lena Abner, Mrs. Elizabeth Crawford, Mrs. Viola Sibley, Mrs. Rita Slims, Mrs. Ada Woodson, F. R. Perkins, S. Turner, Mr. L. Wolk, and Mrs. J. T. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Falls, Mrs. Helen E. Williams, Mr. Wm. Strawthér and Mr. and Mrs. Royster. Obituary. Mrs. Anna Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Simmons, was born May 17, 1878, at Sardis, Miss. She spent her childhood and attended school at Memphis, Tennessee. After growin', to womanhood she moved with her parents to Enid, Okla., where she was married to Mr. T. V. Jones, then coming to this city in the year of 1913 where they have since lived. She professed hope in Christ and united with Pleasant Green Baptist church, afterward she joined Mt. Nebo Baptist church, under the pastorate of Rev. J. C. MacFarland, where she continued until death. She was a devoted Christian, ever striving to build up the Kingdom of God. She was a kind, loving and dutiful wife, constantly endeavoring to make her home cheerful and happy to those around her. She was a member of the Household of Ruth, Daughters of Tabor, Mosiac Templars, Royal Circle of Friends and the Y. W. C. A. and president of the Business Women's Club of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church. At 6 p. m. Friday, January 5, 1923, the Great Ruler of the university called her to her final reward. She leaves to mourn her loss a loving husband, a sister, nephew and a host of relatives and friends. As time ringeth down the curtain she falleth asleep. Her favorite song was, "God Will Take Care of You". In Memory of Mrs. 2. V. Jones. The monster Death invad'd our home, And hushed the voice of Daughter Jones With shadows of the closing day— She smiled and left this house of clay. So many hearts made glad with joy, Sunshine and kindness made her alloy. None knew her but to love her well, The story that her life will tell. She loved the things of nature fair, Beauties of all and silent pray'r. "God Will Take Care of You", she'd sing— In heaven let the joy bells ring. Her church was inmost in her heart, Loyal and faithful she did her part. Not cry of help came to her door But what she do much more and more The many friends she counts by score Will meet her on the other shore, And shout and sing the songs of praise On that great judgment day. While in her narrow bed she lay, Awaiting for the final day, Her head sitting The golden harvest now is ripe, A well spent life, an honored wife. Her work is done, the race is won And angels beckon her to come. She greeted Death with one sweet smile. smile, Her eyes on Jesus all the while, Step by step she crossed the tide To sweet deliverence there abide. By F. R. PERKINS, 2237 Seward St., Omaha, Neb. Card of Thanks. 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Rush right down to CROSSTOWN FURNITURE CO. 1607-09 North 24th St. Motors, Generators, Electric Elevators Repairs, Armature Winding, Electric Wiring For news when it is news, you must read the Monitor. Page Three WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. OMAHA PROMPT DELIVERY QUALITY GROCERIES AND MEATS All Kinds of Fruits and Vegetables FANCY GROCERIES 1837 No. 24th St. Phone Webster 0456 Successor to F. HAGELIN & Co. OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS 1206-8 Douglas St. Phone Atlantic 2524 GIRLS!! If You Desire a BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION M. W. J. B. B. YOUR OLD FRIEND, AL REEVES Who brings his famous Beauty Show to the popular Gayetey for the week starting Saturday matinee. With him is the colored team de luxe, Johnnie Nit and Mary Tuck, conceded to be the greatest soft shoe dancers of modern times. Who brings his famous Beauty Show to the popular Gayetey for the week starting Saturday matinee. With him is the colored team de luxe, Johnnie Nit and Mary Tuck, conceded to be the greatest soft shoe dancers of modern times. Who brings his famous Beauty Show starting Saturday matinee. With him Nit and Mary Tuck, conceded to modern JOHNNIE NIT WITH AL REEVES Geatest Dancer in Show Business at the Gayety Next Week. Al Reeves celebrates his thirtieth year as a producer and his twentieth year as an exponent of the Columbia brand of burlesque with this season's presentation of his "Beauty Show". He comes to the popular Gayet theatre for the week starting Saturday matinee, with what he declares to be the best entertainment he has ever given. As the public has come to depend upon Reeves to fulfill his promise there is advance assurance of an enjoyable display twice daily with Reeves marshalling his hosts. While retaining the general character of accepted burlesque Reeves' Beauty Show is heralded as new in all things but the title, new scenery, new costumes and an entire roster of principals and chorus new to the Columbia wheel. Vaudeville specialties of novel character, numerous ensembles in songs and dance with pretty women in stylish garb to gladden the eye have always been features, typical of the Al Reeves' entertainments. George Ward and Hilda Giles, the featured players in a newly devised idea of singing and dancing comedy effects; the All-American Trio, eccentric entertainers who feature harmony; Ada Lum, prima donna, Lee Hickman, character delineator, are vaudeville features that would not be completely placed without Al Reeves with his banjo and "Give Me Credit song." Assisting Reeves in the main elements of comedy that flash through the burlesque scenes George Ward will be featured in his individual style of merrymaking. From musical comedy Elinore Marshall, Miss Lum and Edith Murray come to assume their station as leaders of the feminine contingent that is always an important factor in the Reeves shows. It is declared that the "Beauty Show" has been given every possible scenic and sartorial embellishment that the Reeves' standard has always called for in burlesque equipment. Six sets of special scenery are carried and nine complete changes of costume will be worn by the chorus girls with the principal women going in for a proportionate show of style in dress. Sunday's matinee starts at 3:00. Two of the greatest dancers in the colored race—Johnnie Nit and Mary Tuck—are strongly featured on the long program. PREACHING AND PRACTICE Incidents of Dr. R. R. Moton's Good Will Tour Through Georgia Related by Lester A. Walton In The New York World. Kindly expressions by pulpit and press would lead one to believe that the forces for good have set about to overcome the forces of evil, fully realizing that to stamp out lynching and violence in Georgia it is incumbent on the proponents of right and fair play to make the first move. Obsolete southern traditions were responsible for incongruous situations during the tour, occasionally leaving one with conflicting emotions. For example, the spectacle of a clergyman asking invocation during which the Lord is called upon "to bring the races RIGHT NO Subs RIGHT NOW is a Good Time to Pay Your Subscription to THE MONITOR Page Four closer together and into a common brotherhood for the promotion of a better understanding", while white and colored people listening with bowed heads are separated on platform and in the audience. Drawing the color line in prayer at a good-will meeting did not seem to savor of true Christianity. The only incident, however, throughout the entire trip to disturb the serenity of the party's optimistic musings and to temporarily throw the visitors into a state of scepticism, was provoked by a prominent clergyman whose strong words advocating justice for every man were not consistent with his actions. He reminded one of the cow giving a pail of rich milk and then kicking the pail over. The high churchman in question officiated as master of ceremonies. He gracefully and graciously introduced colored and white people participating on the program until he came to the name of a young colored woman who was scheduled to sing a solo. Suddenly his eyes failed him and he found it exceedingly difficult to read her name. Not until time came to introduce the singer was inquiry made as to it. All the master of ceremonies did was to announce that he could not make out the hieroglyphics. Even when told the young woman's name the proper introduction was not forthcoming. It was painfully obvious that he did not possess the moral courage nor the common politeness to call the colored girl "Miss". So he dodged the issue. Giving the Negro justice by treating him as an inferior will never prove efficacious. Such incidents after all may be regarded as purely academic when the larger aspects of the tour are considered; yet they are some of the "gravel in the shoe" to which Dr. Moton referred and which irritate. ANNUAL REVIEW N. A. A. C. P. Branch and other agencies to prevent the extradition from Canada of Matthew Bullock to North Carolina where he would probably have been lynched. Through efforts of the District of Columbia Branch and the National Office discrimination affecting thousands of colored ship stewards in the e United States Shipping Board was ended, Legal aid and advice was given in the winning of numerous civil rights cases in New York and other states. Strenuous fights were begun through branches in Indiana and other states against threatened attempts to introduce segregated public and high schools. Through the Cleveland Branch we prevented the extradition of a Colored man to Georgia. Thru the Buffalo Branch we secured the arrest and conviction of a white man who had criminally assaulted a nine-year-old colored girl. Through the Prince George County and District of Columbia Branches we secured the release of a Colored man arrested and accused of the murder of a white woman, of which crime he was innocent and for which he was about to be sentenced to death through mob passion. We secured the passage of city ordinances in Oakland, Cal., and other cities against public parades of the Ku Klux Klan; an din many other cases too numerous to mention fought for the securing and preservation of civil and other legal rights for the Negro. Ku Klux Klan In the case of the Ku Klux Klan the warning issued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People three years ago is now being justified by events throughout the country and especially in Morehouse Parish, La. The Association initiated the campaign of publicity with which the Klan is now being fought by the New York World. Hearst's International Magazine and other publications. During the year 1922 we continued the campaign of publicity against the Klan. Conclusion Beyond these concrete achievements the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has continued to carry on one of its most vital purposes, that of keeping intensely alive the sense of racial vigilance and the conviction that the future depends upon a realization by the race of what it is justly entitled to, and a determination to secure it. So long as that spirit is kept alive there can be no ultimate defeat. HERE'S A JOB FOR SOMEBODY Washington, D. C., Jan. 19.—Abody, and this includes colored people, who likes to nurse snakes, can get a job at the National Zoological park, which is maintained by the government. The civil service commission announced that examinations would be held soon to fill the position, which carries a salary of $75 a month to start in addition to a bonus of $20 a month. In time it will be possible for the successful applicant to obtain a raise to $80 a month in addition to the bonus. The duties consist of taking care of the snakes in a general way, keeping them clean, nursing them when they are ill and mixing up their food. Any experienced snake keeper who wants the job should write to the civil service commission, Washington. SIOUX CITY ITEMS The N. A. A. C. P. will hold a mass meeting on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 3 P. M., at the Malone A. M. E. church, 513 Main street. Dr. Wm. Jepson, white of this city, will deliver an address at this meeting, the subject being 'General Topics on Health." A Jubilee Chorus will sing at the Whitfield M. E. church on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 8 P. M. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. Mrs. R. A. Dobson, who is a member of the Parent-Teachers Association, has been asked to accept a position as Grade Mother in the Hopkins School. Mrs. Dobson has the distinction of being the first race woman to be offered such a position, but on account of being in charge of the Girl Reserves and a number of other Clubs, was unable to accept. The Dames Club met last Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. N. Boyd, 819 Main street. Mrs. Russel Bryant, president of the Club, resigned on account of leaving the city soon, and Mrs. Cabal, vice-president, was then elected president. The next meeting will be held at Mrs. C. Watkins, 612 Otto street, Thursday, Jan. 23. The Girl Reserves will hold their initiation next Wednesday afternoon at the new Y. W. C. A., Sixth and JJackson streets. Mrs. R. A. Dobson in charge. The New Era Shining Parlor and News Stand, 820 W. 7th street, was opened for business last Friday. This is an up to date place and should be appreciated and supported by the people of this city. This place is owned and conducted by Mr. McCullen, correspondent for the New Era of Omaha, and Mr. Miller, who is employed at the Journal Co., the home of one of our leading daily papers. Mrs. Nora Davis, who has been sick at St. Joseph hospital for some time, is convalescing at her home, 1511 Center street. Miss Leona Tarwater is employed at the New Era News Stand as their stenographer. Any one having any writing to be done, or adds to be placed, kindly consult Miss Tarwater, who is always glad to assist you. Mr. Albert Cavens, who has been ill at his home, is now able to be out again. Mrs. S. Williams, 222 W. 7th street, has opened a shirt factory at that address, and solicits your cooperation. Word has been received from Mrs. L. Tompson, now in New Orleans, La., that she will sail for Cuba this week. Mrs. Tompson who left here a few weeks ago enroute to Cuba, and who is manufacturing Cubanola Hair Goods is doing a splendid business. Mt. Moriah Baptist Church will have their installation of officers on Friday January 26th, for the ensuing year. There will also be a fish supper held at the church, beginning at 6:30, and until sold out, after which there will be a program starting at 8 P. M. Mr. Morris of the Morris & Ander- THE MONITOR son Manhattan Tailor Shop, reports they are doing a very encouraging business in their new location recently opened at 620 W.7th street. LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Lee, who died last Sunday, was held by Rev. Mr. Hayden, pastor from the Church of God, Omaha. A number of relatives and friends were present. Miss Minnie Bell, daughter of Rev. Riley Bell, underwent a surgical operation for tumor at the Bailey sanitarium last Saturday, which proved successful. The patient is reported doing nicely. Count Wilkinson, editor of The New Era, and Dr. Riddle of Omaha were in the city a few hours on Sunday on business. Mrs. Lottie Chum is confined with illness. Mrs. F. D. Forbes is reported confined to her bed with illness. Mr. and Mrs. E. Bush and babe, also Miss Irma Tuggle went to Kansas City last Sunday night to attend the funeral of Mr. Bush's mother, who passed away recently. Miss Thelma Hammond, Misses Myrle James and Florence Reid, graduated from ninth grade A to first year in high school this Thursday. Mrs. Lucile Hubbard, formerly secretary of Mt. Zion Baptist Sunday school, is spending the winter here with her mother, Mrs. Stella Hammond. Suppers at Mt. Zion parsonage are continuing Saturday night with success. The Mission will meet at the home of Mrs. P. A. Abner, 441 North Twenty-fourth, Tuesday night, January 23. All members are urged to present themselves as the election of officers will take place. At the A. M. E. church last Sunday Rev. J. R. Campbell of Alexandria, La., preached morning and night for rev. McClendon. Rev. Campbell delivered wonderful messages to his hearers. Rev. J. R. Campbell is president of Hampton Literary and Industrial college and is traveling in the interest of this institution. Baptizing at Mt. Zion Baptist church next Sunday night, January 21st. Services at Mt. Zion Baptist church last Sunday were of special interest and well attended. The Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. had fine lessons and from which the attendants gleaned knowledge. Rev. H. W. Botts preached morning and night. New persons are continually coming into the church. Teachers' meeting Monday night at the parsonage. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. Next Sunday night baptizing will take place after preaching. Remit for your paper, please! HAITI GIRLS ROLL 'EM Short Skirts Also Long Fashion Among Island Belles Away Back in 1815 the Peasant Woman Began to "Roll Her Own"—Possession of Shoes and Stockings Marks Social Standing. Cape Haitien—Haiti often has been referred to as a backward nation, but in dress the Haitien woman of the predominating peasant class long anticipated the American flapper in two of her most distinctive traits. Short skirts and the trick of "rolling her own" were adopted here long before the flapper took them to her heart. Short skirts are a necessity to the woman who passes her days tolling in a garden or riding a burro. They wore them short in Haiti when Andrew Jackson was in the White House, and the style has not changed. It was in 1915 that the peasant woman began to "roll her own." In that year the occupation forces of American marines and shore-leave parties of bluejackets brought a golden trail of American coin to the impoverished island. Regiments and ships bought freely in the markets and the women reaped the benefit. Haiti is a country of caste, and the possession of shoes and stockings marks a decided social advantage for the peasant class. They invested their earnings in them, but drew the line at garters, and necessity taught them a substitute. There is one distinctive feature of woman's dress in Haiti peasant circles, however, that will hardly find favor in the sophisticated eyes of the American flapper. Frequently one sees among the universal faded blue and white attire one of red, white and blue, with the three colors arranged in fantastic patterns of stripes and squares, usually topped by a bright red bandanna turban. A peasant woman thus arrayed, accustomed to carry burdens on her head from infancy, strides along in this gay costume with the carriage of a Greek goddess. She is a "penitente" who has broken one of the laws of the peasant code of conduct and her self-elected costume openly proclaims to her sisters that she has backslidden from their curious code and is paying the penalty by public penance. MARY'S ENEMY By CLARISSA MACKIE (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Mary Bell leaned back in the old flat-bottomed skiff and watched the white clouds with lazy enjoyment. The green river flowed gladdishly and the old boat idled with the current. Mary Bell was trailing one our as a rudder, heedless of the puffs of wind that came racing up from nowhere and scarcely noticing when the boat increased its speed. The white lids wavered over her sapphire eyes, closed, and Mary Bell Branch slept the sleep of careless twenty-one on a drowsy day in August. Suddenly there was a violent shock of impact as the skiff struck a rock on the shore of Sandy Island. Mary Bell was neatly dumped into the wet sand and the skiff, righting itself, bounded away on its rolling career down the now swift-flowing stream. Mary Bell stared after the skiff as one who had just discovered that an ancient and trusted horse had decided to run away. "Oh—the dickens!" wailed Mary Bell, staring at the mainland half a mile away. "What's the racket?" asked a cool voice, and Mary Bell turned a lovely, frightened face to discover that there was another inhabitant of Sandy island—a fine, bronzed youth. Mary Bell jumped to her feet instantly. "I ran aground—that is, my boat struck a rock and threw me out. Then it drifted away. I must get to the mainland at once—my people will be worried if the boat is found. How did you get here?" "Walked." he said simply. Mary Bell gave him a scathing glance and her voice shook a little. "Of course it is not a joke to me—" she paled suddenly and swayed. "I believe my ankle is sprained—" she sank suddenly down on the sand. At once his voice became grave, concerned. "Sprained? I am sorry. Let me see it a moment—I am a doctor—my name's Stoddard—" "No—no—please do not touch it, Mr. Stoddard." "Why not?" "Be because your name is Stoddard," she said in a low tone, her face hidden in her hands. "I can't help my name," he said shortly, "any more than you can help yours—may I ask what it is?" "Branch." "Good night!" he ejaculated in inelegantly. "Are you dragging in the old family feud at this late day? An old uncle of mine told me about it last night when I arrived for a visit. My father had lived North so long that he supposed the hatchet was buried, and in token of it he named me after his grandfather's ancient enemy—Branch is my name, too. Branch Stoddard, M. D., if you please!" Mary Bell looked up at him from wet eyes. "I think I could dislike you very much," she said rudely, and twisting away sharply so that she could not see the black eyes grot; softer, she cried out and fainted away. A sleeve torn from his shirt made a strong bandage for the swollen ankle. First he bathed the poor foot in the cold river water until it ached, then the throbbing was relieved when the skilled fingers fastened the snug bandage. A dash of cold water restored Mary Bell to consciousness and she discovered with mingled indignation and gratitude that she had been removed from the water's edge to a dry spot under a wild thorn-apple tree, and that her ankle had ceased to throb. It felt stiff and useless however. "What did you do?" she asked faintly. He told her, adding: "I painted it with iodine—always have a little vial of it when I'm knocking around our of doors." "You are very good," she murmured, and then with flushing cheeks she noticed that he had set her little shoe with its dainty stocking close beside her hand. "I'm going to the other side of the island a moment," he explained; "I'll fetch something so that I can get you home." She heard the bushes "swish-h" as he passed through, then silence fell or the sandy island. Mary Bell thought of the young doctor's pleasant voice, his kind eyes, the tender touch of his deft fingers. Truly, he had ministered to his enemy. There was a pleasant rumbling sound as if wheels were crossing a bridge, then the crashing of bushes, and Doctor Stoddard again with a wheel chair and a steamer rug. "I came across the bridge," he explained. "Bridge?" she echoed. "New one—foot bridge over to our place—told you I walked over here, didn't I? Now, Miss Branch—there, let me lift you; I will be careful—so! All comfortable?" "Yes—thank you so much—and I am sorry that I was rude!" "Forgiven long ago—please don't worry about that. I am taking you up to my aunt's house—they want you. You will have tea, and then I am going up to see your uncle and aunt. Here are four lonely old people dying to get acquainted with each other. Shall we do it?" he asked excitedly. As for Mary Bell Branch, she smiled adorably, and perhaps just at that moment her heart and her ankle throbbed in unison, but it is a fact that not many months afterward the feud was ended and Mary Bell Branch married the doctor, for she had indeed learned to love her enemy. Wifely Ornaments. An old paper which dates back to 1493 states: "Thre ornamentys belong pryncypaly to a wyte: a ryne on hir fynger; a broch on her brest, and a gariond on her hede. The ryne be taken the true love, as I have seyd. the broch betokene the clenesse in herte and chastyseyt (that she oweth to have; the garbond betokene the glad nesse and the dynytey of the sacrament of wedlock." The treasure islands of the Far North are the New Siberian, with their startling stories of fossil ivory, extremely valuable. It is evident the country must once have been a torrid climate to harbor elephants. Explaining Obstinacy. Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect—Schoepenhauer. First-Class Modern Furnished Rooms—1702 No. 26th St. Web. 4769. Mrs. L. M. Bentley Erwin. FOR SALE at Massey & Coopers—All the leading colored artists' records at fifty-five cents each. Webster 6668. —Adv. N. W. WARE Attorney at Law. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT To Eddie Vorce, non-resident defendant, you are hereby notified that Archie B. Morrison, born in 1822, as plaintiff, filed his petition in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, wherein he prays to obtain a court order from you on the grounds of cruelty; and, in addition, January 1923, the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, entered an order that you may be held upon you, by publication is provided by the Code of Civil procedure of Nebraska, for obtaining construction service upon non-resident defendants. You are therefore required to answer please, in writing or before the left, day of February, 1923. For Sickness & Accident Insurance Call AUGUSTUS HICKS Tel. 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